Plow-fender.



No. 644.375. Patented Feb. 27, I900.

N. STEFFES.

- PLow FENDER.

(Application filed Aug. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

W/ TH E SSE S PATENT union.

NICHOLAS STEFFES, OF DARLINGTON, XVISCONSIN.

PLOW-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,375, dated February27, 190( Application filed August 9,1899.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS swarms, of Darlington, in the county ofLafayette and State of Visoonsin, have invented a new and ImprovedPlow-Fender, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a plow-fender in the nature ofa weed-turner and adapted to be located at the land side of a plowshare,which fender is so constructed that it will prevent straw, manure, orweeds from being drawn forward with the plow. By thus preventing therolling or dragging action of the straw, manure, 850., such obstaclesare covered better than heretofore and left evenly distributed whereverthey may be, either in the furrow or at the edge of the next furrow.Thus the plow runs lighter, because it is always clean and free fromrubbish.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the plow beam and share and a sideelevation of the improved device applied to the plow-beam. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of the plow-beam and the device, and Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section through the device and through theplow-beam.

The plow-beam A'may be of any desired material or may be given anynecessary shape, and the plowshare B is that of the usual type. Thebody-plate 10 of the attachment is adapted to engage with the land sideface of the plow-beam and to extend above and below the said beam, andthe said body-plate is provided with a series of apertures 11 and 11 andwith an outwardly-extending upper member 12 and a corresponding lowermember 13, both of which members are at a right angle to the body. Thelower member 13 at its rear side is provided with a downwardly-extendinglug 14. The body-plate is attached to the beam A, preferably through themedium of a binding-plate 15, which engages with the said beam, at themoldboard side thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, and bolts 16, which passSerial No. 726.690. (No model.)

arc of a circle, and through an aperture in the binding-plate 15, whichconstruction enables the device to be adjusted to beams of differentdimensions and to be placed diagonally upon thebeams.

The weed-turner 0 consists of a rod of stout spring material, usuallysteel, and comprises a vertical shank member 17, which is passed throughsuitable openings in the upper and lower members 12 and 13 of the bodyor supporting plate 10, and a horizontal rearwardlyextending member 18below the body or sup porting plate, which horizontal member 18terminates in one or more coils 19. In the further formation of theweed-turner a curved section 20 immediately follows the coil 19, andthis curved section 20 is carried beneath the plow-beam, in direction ofthe moldboard side thereof, while the rear end of the curved section 20extends to any desired distance of the land side face of the plow-beam,as shown in Fig. 3, and finally a drag-section 21 immediately followsthe curved section 20, and this drag-section extends downwardly andrearwardl y adjacent to the land side of the plowB.

In order that the space between the weedturner and the land side of theplow may be regulated as occasion may demand, the horizontal section 18of the weed-turner is passed through a slot 22, produced in an elongatedplate 23, and said plate is adj ustably attached through the medium of asuitable bolt or its equivalent'to the lug 14:, extending from the lowermember 13 of the body or supporting plate 10, as is best shown in Fig.3. A spring 24 is coiled around the shank-section 17 of the weed-turner,and one end of the said spring has bearing against the body orsupporting plate 10, while the other end of the spring bears against theouter face of the horizontal section 18 of the weed-turner, as shown inFig. 1. This spring tends to normally hold the drag-section of theweed-turnerin desired po- The 7 sition, while the coil 19 enables thedrag-section of said weed-turner to readily pass over any greatobstruction it may encounter. The curved section of the weed-turner Oclears the straw or stalks from in front of the plow, while thedrag-section 21 thereof holds such material down adjacent to the landside of the plow, permitting the plow to make a required furrow withoutdifliculty.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a plow-fender, a rod adapted to extend from apoint opposite the plowshare to the plow-beam, and a body-plate for saidrod, said plate having outwardly-extending upper and lower membersformed with openings to receive said rod, the said plate being furtherprovided with a vertically-extending series of apertn res and ahorizontally-extendin g series therebelow, adapted to receive boltswhereby to attach the plate to the plow-beam, as set forth.

2. In aplow-fender, a support adapted for attachment to a plow-beam, arod having a shank mounted in said support said rod extending rearwardlyfrom said shank, a plate secured to said support and having an elongatedslot in which said rod is received, and a spring bearing against saidrod whereby to hold the latter at one end of said slot, as set forth.

3. In a plow-fendenasupportarranged for attachment to a plow-beam, a rodhaving a shank mounted in said support, the said rod extendingrearwardly from said shank, a plate adjustable horizontally on saidsupport and having a slot receiving said rod whereby the latter may beadjusted laterally, as set forth.

4. In a plow-fender, a body-plate arranged for attachment to a plow-beamand having outwardly-extending upper and lower members, the lowerniember being provided with a lug, a rod having a shank mounted in saidmembers, a plate adj ustably secured to said lug and formed with anelongated slot receiving said rod, and a spring coiled around said shankand tending to hold said rod at one end of said slot, as set forth.

5. In a plow-fender, a support adapted for attachment to a plow-beam atthe land side face thereof, a resilient rod adj ustably carried by thesaid support, said rod comprising a shank-section, a horizontal sectionterminating in a coil, an intermediate curved section adapted to extendbeneath a plow-beam in direction of the working side thereof, and adrag-section adapted to be located adjacent to the land side of theplow, and means for adjusting the said rod, as described.

6. In a plow-fender, a body-plate arranged for attachment to aplow-beam, and a rod attached to said body-plate, the said rod beingadjustable laterally on said plate and springpressed in one direction,as set forth.

NICHOLAS STEFFES.

Witnesses:

CLARANOE D. BREEs, E. T. W. BARNES.

